Sedgefield murder accused denied bail

A 50-YEAR-OLD man accused of killing his 67-year-old neighbour with a hammer outside her home in Sedgefield in the southern Cape has been remanded after the Knysna Magistrate’s Court denied him bail.

The accused, Sean Kelly, allegedly killed Lorna Hampson with a hammer on the pavement outside her home on the evening of February 2.

Police spokesperson Captain Malcolm Pojie said Kelly’s bail application was heard in the Knysna Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday and yesterday, when the matter was postponed to March 29 pending further investigation.

“Minutes after the attack on a 67-year-old victim, police arrested a 50-year-old man in connection with her death.”

Pojie said Hampson’s body was found on the pavement, covered in blood.

An autopsy was scheduled to be performed on the body to determine the possible cause of death. The motive for this attack was still being investigated. Two cases of malicious damage to property had also been added to the murder case after the suspect allegedly assaulted and damaged the vehicles of members of the public at the scene, Pojie said. |

The motive for the attack is still being investigated

Captain Malcolm Pojie Police spokesperson